APPT Cebu Main Event Day 1a | 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu

11-11-2009 15:35 UTC+8

Time For A Tan

[user92162]

Lee Jin has eliminated Bong Tan.

Lee Jin opened to 800, with Michael Marvanek making the call. Action folded to Bong Tan who shoved for around 18,000. Jin went into the tank for a while before making the call and Marvanek folded.

Tan: {A-Spades}

Jin:

The board ran out {5-Hearts}

sending Tan out of the tournament. Jin now has 65,000.

Tags: Bong Tan Lee Jin

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

11-11-2009 15:44 UTC+8

Kaz Jomeen Hoping to Emulate Cada

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Kaz Jomeen was left hoping to emulate Joe Cada's massive comeback at the World Series of Poker after being caught out by Elton Tsang.

Tsang opened to 700 with Jomeen and another player making the call. They took a {10-Clubs}

flop and Tsang fired 1,800. Jomeen raised to 4,300 and the other player folded. Tsang called and they moved to the turn {10-Diamonds}

.

Tsang checked to Jomeen who made it 6,600 to the river and Tsang called. The river was the {4-Spades}

and once again Tsang checked. Jomeen thought he sniffed weakness and moved all in for around 19,000. Tsang thought a while before making the call tabling {Q-Hearts}

for trips, more than enough to beat out Jomeen's {5-Spades}

.

"I guess I'll have to emulate Joe Cada" said Jomeen as he looked down at his now 800 chip stack.

Tsang now has 62,000 in chips.

11-11-2009 15:50 UTC+8

Badansuren's Luck Still Good

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Burenjargand Badansuren is at it again. He was dealt two Broadway cards, {J-Diamonds}

, and decided to take a flyer against the all-in raise of a short-stack, about 5,000 chips total. Badansuren, one of a number of Mongolians in the room, found himself holding two live cards against his opponent's {A-Diamonds}

. Neither player improved on the {10-Diamonds}

flop, but Badansuren caught running queens to make trips and eliminate another opponent.

"Mongolians are lucky people!" another player at the table exclaimed. Indeed. Badansuren's luck has increased his chip count to 37,000.

Tags: Burenjargand Badansuren

11-11-2009 16:02 UTC+8

Wu Surrenders

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We thought we had a big pot brewing on Table 1. Raymond Wu, sitting in the small blind led out for 2,800 on an all-heart flop, {10-Hearts}

. His lone opponent asked Wu how much he was playing behind the bet, then stood up to get a better look at Wu's chips. It was about 21,000. Satisfied, Wu's opponent sat back down and announced, "All in," having Wu covered. Wu, with friend Ivan Tan sweating the action behind him, tanked for more than two minutes before folding his hand.

Tags: Raymond Wu

11-11-2009 16:07 UTC+8

Chris Allnat Dodges Meenelai Bold

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Chris Allnat did what few players have been able to do so far today... Dodge Meenelai Bold's outs.

Preflop, Allnat opened to 900 and got two callers. The flop came {9-Clubs}

with Bold leading out 5,000 chips. Allnat made it 10,000 to go and the other opponent got out the way.

Bold called and the {6-Spades}

fell off on the turn. Bold checked and Allnat moved all in for around 8,500. After thinking a moment Bold punched the table and made the call.

Bold: {5-Clubs}

Allnat:

Allnat would need to dodge the flush outs on the river. He did, the river was {3-Hearts}

was a safe card moving him up to 42,000. Bold crashes back to 55,000.

Tags: Chris Allnat Meenelai Bold

11-11-2009 16:18 UTC+8

Shinzaki Snaps Schreiber

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Preflop Schreiber opened to 825 from the cutoff and Michael Shinzaki popped it to 2,200 from the button. Schreiber called and the flop came {6-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} .

Both players checked to the {4-Hearts} turn and Schreiber checked and Shinzaki moved all in covering the PokerStars Team Asia Pro.

Schreiber snap called for the last of his 8,000 chips with {5-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} only run right into Shinzaki's {K-Spades} {6-Hearts} .

The river blanked sending Schreiber to the rail.

Lynn Gilmartin caught up with Shinzaki during the break:

Tags: Dan Schreiber Michael Shinzaki

11-11-2009 16:28 UTC+8

Small Pots the Norm Again

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After a rash of large pots and all-in confrontations in Level 3, things seem to have settled down as we get nearer to closing out Level 4. Mike Kim took a stab at a small three-way pot that had been checked through on the {2-Clubs}